A conversation takes place between a confused pupil and an AI wizard on Mount GPT about the relative benefits of chat as a UI for AI compared to GUIs.
Throughout the conversation, the pupil asks questions and receives responses from the wizard in natural language, demonstrating the use of chat as a UI.
The wizard explains that chat is useful for open-ended conversations but can also be combined with other forms of UI, such as information visualization and precision inputs, which allow users to communicate their needs accurately.
The wizard also highlights the benefits of a low-latency feedback loop, such as a compass, which combines information visualization and precision inputs to provide quick and accurate results.
The pupil suggests using a seminar planner agent in Claude to plan the wizard’s weekly seminars, but the wizard prefers to create their own UI and workflows to suit their needs better.
The wizard explains their view that if the UI cannot respond to their needs, it is useless, urging the need for a malleable UI that can be evolved over time to suit the user’s needs.
The pupil and the wizard end the conversation with the promise of looking at the topic of malleable software in the future.